Acanthilia intermedia ( Miers, 1886 )

Mendonça, Luana M. C., Guimarães, Carmen R. P., Santos, Rafael C., Alves, Douglas F. R., Barros-Alves, Samara P., Silva, Sonja L. R. & Hirose, Gustavo L., 2019, Decapod crustaceans from the continental shelf of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4712 (3), pp. 301-344 : 313

Acanthilia intermedia ( Miers, 1886)

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Material examined. Penaeid—2 (1 M, 1 F); size range: 16.17 ≤ CW ≤ 19.77 mm; average: CW = 17.97 ± 2.54 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00231.

Stations. Penaeid—3.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (North and South Carolina, Florida, and Gulf of Mexico), Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil (from Maranhão to Rio de Janeiro) ( Melo 1996, as Iliacantha intermedia ).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 130 m. On sand, gravel, and broken shells bottoms ( Melo 1996).

Remarks. Iliacantha intermedia was described by Miers in 1886, and removed by Galil (2000) to the new monotypic genus Acanthilia .

Previous records in Sergipe. None.